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Mimi:
>But where is our profound musical 'home'? Who are the composers we most
>turn to when we are feeling like we want to cleanse our tastebuds? Which
>are the compositions we select when we need a good old pal, or want to
>renew ourselves after a very stressful time? What is our own personal,
>guaranteed, tried-and-true feel-good music? What are the pieces of music
>we have sought out more than five times in the last year?
Bach's Magnificat in D does it for me. Similarly, Stravinsky's Pulcinella,
Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, Mendelssohn's Octet and Quintet in Bb, and
Schubert's Cello Quintet. I could probably pare my CDs down to those
pieces, in a pinch. Hopefully, however, I won't feel the pinch for a
while.
Steve Schwartz
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